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ALL MIKTN OF I'tllAGHAl’IIS.
The gallant mostly liked—the rain-
1 ovr.
T ola" of gravity—never laugh
vonr own jokes.
_ j,>11 is a pood minor, but. a
\V,
Tl.
resemble flower*. They:
, n they sleep.
, .posed to lav a sub-marine
Havana to Nassau.
THE PATTER OF THE MIINGLE.
[From tho Louiivillc Democrat.]
When tho angry loxaiona gathering in my
mother** face 1 aec,
And »he lead* me to the bedroom, gcutly lay»
% n»e on her Knee—
Then I know that 1 will catch it, and my flesh
in l&ncy itches,
As l listen t v> tho putter of the shingle on my
breech < p.
Every tinkle of the shingle bat at* echo and a
sting
And a thousand burning fancies into active be*
icg spring.
And a thousand bees an-J hornets ’ueath my
CAtat tail *
, , . i « e<*ut tail seem to swarm
ini — A inumlary to Castile . As I listen to t.»e patter o. tha shingle, oh, so
lii*!
of summer—ahad
M i.lain, i ‘*\ •*; bang a door, if you
I,, ,;di.M* a bang.
\ n, niiinuntM exercise—women's
x - .vimming in tears.
rm| M si.oi»:ddy if a man means
vu:! the n»"ii «* means the better.
T . elvvamr hoy lias much to do
t. \avd the elevation of the masses.
•fhe days are growing longer, but*
i!n \ don't show that way on a note.
It is strongly suspected that it was
An >ina' who invented the circu>»
At the present price of paj>er it
wpax t«* resurrect the rag baby
:,nd take him to the pall-mill.
r. dijn e is a great thing in its
wax. !>nt :dv»ne, it isn’t worth a cent
. n tin kirk of a ninety-day note.
11 am., at Sionlsville, Ohio, that a j
NU; ,-|,\ farmer shot his brother lhe
.i i , • t
1 rii’/in- 5 ticket was elected is!
, on Tuesday, Jover the 1
In a tptatter conic* my lather, who I supposed
had gone.
To survey tho situation and bid her lay it
To see her bcuding o’er me us I listen to the
strain
Played by her and by the ahingio in a wild and
weird Tcfrau..
In a sudden intermission, which npi*iir» ray
only chance,
I say: "Strike gently, mother, or you’ll split
my oundny pauia.”
Shu stops a moment, draws her breath, the
shingle holds aloft,
And says: “I had not thought of that, my
son, just take them olT.'’
Holy Mooes and the angels, cast your pitying
glances down!
And thou, oh, family doctor, put a good, soft
jronltice on;
And may 1 with fools and duixvs everlastingly
oommingh
If ever I sav auoi_
the shingle.
words written thereon seemed to pet
rify him for a moment, then he be
came fearfully calru and bravely Set
about his ta-k.
"Johnnie'try, for Maud’s sake, to
make them all believe that she lias
the old man came into the hall and
closed the door, so rfry gently. Then
they beard a sound as though some
one had dropped on their knees by the
dUr^drinkMi, and to the last
day they lived, they never forgot the
struggled hard, and yet in vain, to thanksgiving prayer which thay heard
resist the longing for the stage.'' ascend to the Great White Throne,
Each one of .those lour horrified | mixed with xtiffled sobs, and many
people felt themselves disgraced, and j times re]>esting the name of ‘Little
it whs months before they could raise ; Maud.’
their honest eyes squarely into the; When the old man rose there-were
f.ie. s of other people. I two manly forms standing Dear him.
That day’s three metis were eaten i and each of his foster sons eager to
in silence, and the same stillness ■ tell him all about the 'returning boina
settled over a'l as they sat round the j Aunt Martha was led into thojoylul
fire that niche At last it was broken ! knowledge very cautiously and ten-
by Uncle Kessiali’s trembling vo'ce. j derly, and that night when they gatb-
•‘Well boys, Maud is goue and | ered again in the sitting room there
done a shabby turn by us, 1 know; i were no sighs, but the gold rimmed
but somehow l (eel like as
ought’nt to turn agin her. .Poor,
little lonesome cieeler! Some of
these here days she’ll be a cumin back
to the old folk—I’ll stake my right
arm on it; an fur’s I'm concerned she
shan’t find herself forgot.’’
He gut up, and bringing a square j Then she told them of the lougiagfor
black box to the table, emptied it; j tho old farutshouso, andj the dear
then locked it, and handed the key j ‘home folks,’ of the loss ol the money
to Frankie, saying: “Throw the I she had hoarded Ifor ’father and
thing into the liver, my bov—lo-mor- | mother,’ of her illness, and then of
'ther word when mother wields j raw ‘” ' j her journey_ * home. How she had
specks were wiped uiore than once for
the old eyes were so often fixed
on the s-d lace of the long time
wanderer. They talked the
wanderings all over, and Maud had
much to tell of her travels and sues
I cesses and failure* upon the stage.
THREE.
By CHARLOT~E E BREW.
He look his sett, and with his pen- filtered at the gate—of her agony
knife, while all watched him wonder- ; when she thought they might be dead
ingly, cut a tin plug from the top of ~ :, ud -lastly how she fainted on the
the box, placing it on a corner of the i ka ck pi*** 11
mantle, he dropped through the slit a
golden dollar.
Tin
there was a pause—puzzled
THE WASHER'S LAST WASH.
Down the Baltimore and Ohio to*
ward Newark, Ohio, we fly. XV* fly
dose to the ground bu( tbenattfie
it is flying. j- ■J
‘Here comes the masher,’ the fat
passenger said, ‘How much he travels
this winter, llis coat is dark, his
trousers are light, hut. collar is high
and his manly throat is bared to the
breeze.’
‘With a lump in it like ihe goitre
on an old oak tree,’ said’ the cross
passenger, ‘and hit hair and his name
in gilt letters on his little Russia
leather valise is parted in the middle;
his eyeglass is faultless and his front
hair it hanged—’ ‘ v y
‘And there is a general indication
of something lacking in"the upper
story,’ said the tall thin passenger,
‘his head slopes from tho hump of
selfesteem down to his nose forward,
and runs straight down to his neck
aft. He is not brilliant^ he is uot
useful, he is not intelligent, ho is
lacking—’
‘There ia a hole in hisskramer, ev-
dandy,’ add .’tho'man on. the wood
box.
‘Pale saffron fa bis tr
brightly thereon—"VsTn. .... .
cent diamond of Alaska,’-remarked
the sad passenger; ‘ineaghr4a he a*
to his intellect, but fertile arc his
whiskers; fascinating beyond the
soug of the siren is the melody of his
THE LITTLE BOCK JOKER.
About two months ago, Mrs. Eliza
Bob-ton presented her husband with
a very fine boy, and as Mrs. Eliza
was (be former young mistress of old
Jerry, she sent for that colored
philo.-plicr, yesterday, to a>cerlain
the old man’s views uti the new piece
of flesh. The old mail came, and
dtopped his hat near the door, and
after turning around and stamping at
a little dog that to ik it up and
started off, he entered, and advanc
ing, stood near the cradle containing
the baby.
‘I want to show you the prettiest
and sweetest baby in Little Rock,
Uncle Jerry,’ said Sirs Bobslon, pull
ing aside the covering and lifting the
child so high upon the pillow that it
assumed anything but a graceful po
sition.
‘It am a putty human bein’ shoah,’
said Jerry, regarding the infant with
interest. T ’members mighty well.
Miss ’Liza, when ynu was ’bout his
remensions.’
‘Don’t you think that he is the pret
tiest child in town, Jerry ?’
™ ICC I fixe*
F.a
N,
I- Dr.
Loui--
j Written for the Southern Banner.]
At the (lying of an early spring
•lay, M ostersun farm house looked as
homc-like and delightful as ever a
house can look.
Everything inside the weather*
blackened, sun-glinted waits, impress
ed a body with me idea that the mi-
tress realty considered e'.« auliiu-.--. next
to Godliness. Outside, tlie -.one im-
pri-sdon was again made predoiiiiii int
by every article on which ti e eye
rested.
Tnc farmer, in bis shirt x.e.-vea, was
leaning on tin- lot gam, ami bis old
wife was by h s side—I,oil
tiegt
-title to day.
.diace, who heads the [ the genial face, and said In silat
in., in !\n.nsy'.\niiia, I- ’Kesiab, the L >rd’s been a pros]a-r.ng
ils while He’s been brining others low,
and it ’penis to rie we ought to In-
willin’ to share. I aint as young as 1
Used to be, and it would be a power ,, - .
help it tlicie w as some little legs alarm “P T" 1 * 1 )' '-*nl, m a mu
rvsiucnl ot tl
Imy under awes', for
- ih.u hi- fattier |
o steal.
el-soil (while) Mild
When the morrow came the little j
dollar h«d tour shining companions, •
ami a bold hand had written “Little
Maud,’’ above the slit.
Tho winter was a dreary, wearisome
season. Then lellowed many others
—-just as dreary and w-ari-ome, and
one Cold I)eeenib.-r night, when the
outer world wit- thick covered with
snow, the occupants of t 1 e black (arm
house wore sitting around the tooting
tire, rousting chestuols and carrying
on a tragmenlarv conversation, l’he
Irom the mantle a little black box,
i/.ing off the top, hut allowing
it to i cmain on tho box, pul it into
Maud’s lap, and hade lieroiienit. She
dids ' ' ' ' " ' '
to be j over their broad possessions. 1’res
ently the little woman looked up into
1-1 m supporter of Bayai I
. . .ii n. steps up to a fire-ex-
I, r and tries to get a drink ol
11 ftoin it In will bear waleh-
iis tney met each others gaze.
But ail »a, instantly quiet, ami
siuiliiig at their ervousness they
again sal dow n.
Johnnie alone remained quiet, ami
see mod to be thinking, lie started
her part--as Uncle Kessiah look voice > he cannot pronounce R, and
the Italian A is soft in bis speech, but
he says ‘git’ and ‘shot up,’ au^l when
he goetli be says he is ‘goiu’.’ Sweet
is his countenance, and tho lone,
Init looked'up atnazedj'for it | helpless femalo who gazes upon it is
I wiih shitting gold I o 01 '*-’ ...
‘She is left, indeed,’ sighed tl e fat
passenger.
•Yon Iwt,’ said the brakemaii, ear
nestly, she is clear broke up.’
•Sim is paralyzed.’ mourned the
sad passengci’ and the palpitations
of her maidenly heart palp only f.-r
him.’
•Ami he lets it palp,’ said the man
k to all faces an.I " *< 1 > the sandy goalee, -for if he would
t the money went ku cannot marry all of them, lie is
' sorry for t“ ' ’ * L “ ■"
not <lo it.’
’And so,’ saiil the tall, thin passen
ger, ‘they pine away far him; they
watch tor his coming in the car, and
their faces grow brighter when be
comes; they admire him when he
l«tces up mid down the platform aud
smokes the attenuated but harmless
PAVING THE PEDESTRIANS.
Messrs. Hart, Dobler, -Pegraro,
Howard, Allen, Krohne, Williams
and Htntrakcv aud their friegidy ,mel
in the oftice of the Spirit of vie Times
yesterday afternoon io get checks for
their share ol the proceeds in the walk
for the O’Leary belt. About forty
men were present, and there was quite
a commotion at one lime, caused by a
claim put in by Messrs. McSwyuy and
Calvin, who represented the walkers
in the management. They were to
count the tickets, aud see that the pe
destrians got all that was due to them
In order to have a strict watch on the
ticket business, Mr. McSwyuy engag
ed eleven men at a salary of S25 per
week, to aid in the work It was
agreed that Messrs. McStvyny and
Calvin were to, receive $200 each, but
when the claim was put in for the
eleven men it was disallowed. *
In the first place, Mr. Curtis said,
the disbursement was unauthorized,
thy men had only worked six hours a
day, while their scorers and others
had worked twelve hours a day for
$18 a week, and were good men at
mi i silver pieces. It is yours,
daughter—tr ail u- and your brothers.
We made ii tin* very Jay you—von’
‘Ac'ed like the ungrateful idiot
licit 1 did,’ cue I .Ma ul, with a burst
of tear-. ‘On! I was wicked—wick
ed, and I don't deserve all ibis good.
iiiiiutcs before the
old dock gave a little whir by way of ft H -as lrallv
notice, and then rang out ten clear smiles came i>
slrm.es. .last as they ceased there . ilien the cuuntii. n
came ti.e sound ol a heavy thud, and merrily ou—Johnnie being master of j sorr >' for the girls, hut he really cuu-
- started up, and giew pale ceremonies. ““ ’ ’
‘Five hundred dollars pin money,’
he exclaimed, ‘and u lew cents over.’
Then be prized from the box '.lie little
eh.iin wine.:, bad fastened it- for six
long years to the mantle, aa ! putting
bae- ihe money lie banded u to Maud
aying lie wished her and it a merry
i. Hare of the soul is as im-
I to hunt for the eggs, and wail on me. : Vi« ‘ 1 , ’ i -‘hopping. ! «>g»r ot the kraut plant o the Con-
I Then I knew you’d like to have a i '* '"'"'d'd- 1 tlll,,k ■•be might And a merry shopping it certainly I l' 1 stations; his plaid pauta-
P.iit as that of the body, and no j „ one _ „ r t , vo _ r0UIld you—Out in i ll! ‘ v0 wnl ’ c " «"« K ' tler ” Every- j was, although''six monti ' ' '' 1 ~
„-k si. uld be allowed to practice lhfc jjow just suppose we hitch body sighed, but no cue answered, j f 0 «, it look place.
I np Bobbin some day, and go to the j> n d presently Johnnie got up, saying
passed be- ; 1o**h» iire day stars to their longing
: eyes, and his cutaway coat they
Right across from the old farm j edore. They cannot help it; they
t n'.’.ou of our \outh is not ul)!itni«. i ■» • , » »• • ■ i ipiw
... ? . 'Let it be tlir.-e Ke.-iah. lou know 1 HW
I i i-i-the lull si for wedding nm- just the number of the liitle ' ,n '
l 'I ■'»>'• around and see me g laves we’ve made down iu the ->r-
, r.u.r,-a- T-in-law, at 8 o’clock, c |,. lr ,i i
■'a p. So three it '1^-'. ami two days after,
It el f .ri-tianoy's wife only sluck the kitchen uoor was’nt quite as spot- . , - -
:.i In r d.--k and never gone to C, she | less as wa- its wont, lor heavy boots 'I 1 . 1 , - ‘U'ward, aim
■night-'i : .l have held a ruler in the : and a pair of little shoes le'.t their
1'. S. Trcavirt-e. i marks, . .
On ti e hardest trials ot life is j The night came down chilly, and l’ V
le.ns at the news that vonr ' a bright tire crackled in the big sit-
Will’s gr.-at uncle has died and'left j ting room. In one corner ot the tiro
place >ai uncle Ke-iah—in tiie other
NOckrt.
Sort Slitlled a shout, ft.r et. Th y brought' b;
downward on the snmv ■ .Saratoga tiunk-,“and i
.•ovcr. il)torch, was the bla.-k robed hinted at a wedding,
form »f a woman. Soltly lie dosed'
tlu- door, and with trembling bands,
and burning, eager eyes, he went
looping, turn-
I the prostrate face upward. Then
there came a Jieculiar, grave smile fo
und pushing opeu ihe
kitchen door he rak.-d np the dving
two hii ,r e ' politics with the neighbors. But soil,
nei-'hbors here comes a girl seeking a seal.
° i Maiden, our prayers are all for thee.
Auiuinu came in very chilly, and ! To “ la, v; all in vain; the masher has
tli -re wras a grand liou-e-w aiming iu j caught her eye, her fate is sealed, her
the handsome new caltage. I heart is lo-i.’
Maud ur.il Johunie looked very \ She was u beautiful girl, lair as the
happy, and people eongratul.te.1 them morning, han.lsomely arrayed, liitle
very warmly. I gloved hand- that you would even
Cude Kessiah and Auut Martha Ito have box your ears. Drawn
walked from gue.-t to guest, smiling l, y i> resistible fascination of his
.ion and ntw constitution of his
thee, I beUevta dot he is.'
•Don’t yun predict a bright future
for him V
‘I doan peisackly ketch de drif oh
yer discussion.’
•Don’t you believe that he will be
a great mau ?’
‘As I fixes my eyes closqr on his
lmid, I calculates <hut he won’t disap
pint yer ’
Just then the baby set up a squall
evidently frightened at the dose scru
tiny of Jerry.
•Why, don’t cry,’ said Mrs. Bob-
I stun, inking the child iu hes arms.
| ‘Why, here’s Uncle Jerry. Don’t
von see him? Uncle Jerry won’t
come t-> see you again. That’ll Jo.
Now. then, that’s a good doy. Uncle
Jerry says you will be a great man.
Get him to tell you what you ought
to lie. Uncle Jerry, tell him.’
‘Since 1 fixes my eyes on his mouf,
I concludes dat lie would make a
tolerable fair auctioneer. Miss l.iz,
I’se sorter in a hurrv bis momin’, hut
afore I -.inters off I’d like to ask yer
et yci'a weighed de spousibiliiies ob
rai-eii chiluii.
tiling ter Is:
fresh meat now, luii lie's got ter go
through do salty brine of ailments
eddycation. He got lo hab de scald-
head, do sore-hcail, sore j ears, sore
eyes’ —
‘Hush, Unde Jerry.’
‘You sent for me, now let ine talk.
An de chaftin ; an den he’ll he ’lacked
by the cliickcu-pnx ; an den de ring
worms will take ’session ob him ; den
he’ll hab de run roun’—
‘For gracious sake lmsh. Uncle
Jerry,’ exclaimed Mrs. Bobston,
pressing the child to her bosom as
though io protect it from an army of
diseases that seemed to be making
ready for a charge on the fortress ot
I he child’s litt le constitution,’
•Oh, I’-e blcged ter talk. An' de
mumps will ketch him on de jaw, and
de coiic will double him up, an deliu-
piu’ coupb will make a pass at him an
de croup will snatch de stuffin oaten
him, no.I de measles will made him
ruff as a nutmeg grater.'
‘1 won’t stand <o be insulted in
OLE BULL'S FOLLY.
TheJN'ew York Times lias this de
scription of the noted folly of a noted
man : Barely a vestige remains ot the
castle which Ole Bull built twenty-
eight years ago in Potter county, Pu^
six miles from New Bergen, w hen he
attempted to found there a colony of
his countrymen, and met, as he might
have expected, with most signal fail
ure. He designed the castle for his
permanent home, and erec* id it on
the summit ol'a mountain, Irom which
there was ^commanding view. Wish
ing to revive in -the wilderness of tho
New World some memories ot bis na
tive land, be spent a large sum of
money on his project. Painters and I
JOE PARSON'S ADVENTURE. ,
•j EhiUdelpbi* TilnM. i> ) I., fa.a
Joe Parsons was a .Kallimi.ro hoy
and 1 aJittlp rough, but, wiffoui a gon.l-
hearted fellmv' aud a brave soldier.
He got badly wounded at Antietam,
and thus laconically described the '
occurrence and what followed to some
people who visited the hospital;
What, is your name.?
Joe Parsons. - ''
What is the matter?
Blind as a bat, sir, both eyes shut ,
out.
At what battle?
Antietam.
How did it happen ?
. . I was bit and knocked down, and
guilders were taken from the city to ! hudjto lie all night on the battle field,
embellish the structure, one vast room 1 The battle was renewed next,day and
of which was intended for the music j I was under the fire. I could stand
hall. The root was of glass; the walls j the pain, but conlil not see. I wanted
were richly decorated, it shone with a j to gee or get out of the fire. I waited
degree of barbaric splendor; the mu- i and listened, and presently heard a
sician was to make it memorable with r ma n groan near me.
noble concerts. Before the castle lmd } Hello! sa vs I.
been finished, the colouists grew dis
contented, and, though ho opened his
purse widely and labored to remove
“ causes of trouble, he. gas impotent
men being paid a fair salary for fair
work.
The cheeks were then given to the
walkers, the exact amounts being -a
follows: Hart, $10,967.66 (this in
eluded the sweepstakes of $9,000 and
$1,000 for beating Blower Brown’s
record); Pegram, $3,483.83; How
ard, 81,741.91; Dobler, $870.96; Al
len, $435.48; Krohne, S217.74; Wil
liams, $108.87 ; and Hanwaker, $54-
.43.
When Hart went around from
Chambers street into Broadway
was recognized and followed I y a
small crowd, which, before lie and his
friends reached ti e Chemical Bank,
on which the checks weredrawu, had
incica.-ed to hundvedr. When Hart
and the others entered the bank they
were followed by newsboys, boot
blacks, lawyers, and men ol all grade-.
It was the most motley crowd ever
seen iu the Chemical Bank. In the
meantime the sidewalk overran with
curiosity hunters. Otic man came up |
with a wild look, inquiring:
‘Is there a run on the bank ?’
‘nun on the Chemical Bank!’ re
Hit’s u mighty serious! plied a tiuckmuo. H no. It’s the
chile DU cliile is six-day runners drawing their mon
ey.’
Hart soon came out. jumped into a
carriage, and was followed down
Broadway by an admiring crowd.
An error on Saturday gave the prize
chair to Harry Howard. Allen led in
the last day’s score, aud was awarded
the chair.
Hello yourself, says he.
Who be ytm? says I. -
Who bo you ? says lie.
..A yznhwi, «aya J.- - U
Well, I’m a Reb, savs lic.
' il
a -~S~
Whal’s the matter? says I.
, Myjeg’s smashed, saya heft ui V
Cun you walk ? says I.
No, says he.
Can you see ? says I.
Yes, says he.
Well, says I, you’re a Rebel, but
e same
time that the title to the 120,000 acres
he had purchased was worthless. The
parties who hhd sold to him had no
claim to it whatever, and the legal
owner came forward to assert his
rights. Overwhelmed with perplexi
ties, and bankrupt iu fortune, Bull re. _ _
linquishcd everything, returned hith- , ftp ,\ 0 you*a little favor,
er, aud again had recourse to the!; What’s that? says he.
violin, which had been to him a son My eyes are shot out, and if yon
of Aladdin’s lamp. Deprived of its -will show me the way I'll carry you
chief, the colony gradually weut to ou t > aavs I.
pieces, the colonists scattering tar and J All rfaht, savs he.
wide. Scarcely one of them can now Crawf over "her, savs I; and lie
he found at New Bergen, which Bull i <Jjd.
named afterhis Norwegian birthplace. I Now, old Butternut, get on my
Almost the sole remind ot his piclur- ft a(; k, says I, and he did.
esque episode is the iviliage ol Or- j Go ahead, says he.
leans (so-called in his honor), which | pj nt n>e way, for I can’t see a
clusters around the ease o! the mouu- j blessed thing, says I.
tain capped by the once lordly castle,
known to this Juv, along with the
colonization scheme, as Ole Hull’s
Folly.
HE I'.VA.XTKD TO TKAUE.
Detroit Free Press.
S.'inc days since ajiiirmer’s xv
containing father, mother, son
two or three neighbors’, drove up to
a Woodward avenue stationer’s, n
the son went in and bought the puzs
tie known us ‘lo.’ Even bc:oro the
wagon drove off the oid iruu lmd tue
jover off the box and tins working
iway like an engine to solve the
hiug. Yesterday tin- son returned
vitli the box iu his pocket. He had
a black eye and an awfully lonesome
look when he came to be waited on
he said:
Straight ahead, says he.
The halls were Hying all around,
and 1 trotted off, and was soon out
of range.
Bully for you, hut you’ve shook
my leg almost off, says he.
Take a drink, says he, holding up
on, his canteen ; and I took a nip.
rad | Now, let us go on again, says lie,
kind o’ slowly, and 1 took him up,
and he did the navigation and I did
Hie walsin’. After i had carried him
nearly a mile aud was almost dead,
he said, Here ' we are ; let me
dowu. Just then a voice said :
Hello. Billy, where did you get thht
•Yank?
XV here are we ? says I.
j In the rebel camp of course, says
I he; and d—n my buttons ii that rebel
' hadn’t ridden me a mile straight into
IN'DEI'EMIKNTS, SO-CALLEIl..
o.Oon.
i
Yomi'j
(at the po-toffice) “If
l tlfU’l
l -ot :i letter bv tliis instil, I i
hdll! t
.> know
what be was doing
> UDin
\, that’s
nil !’*
\ K
•tier was
sent sirouml
the world
nil l\
«ii-j,.r.
It made the lour in
fjlity
-eight d
ay a. udtual
time, or
• i .lu y
nine da
vs rminini; li
me. For-
i\»»'-’^1
,i cents ]
|>aitl for it.
A i
•lie ehili
1 was nslvud
, “Where
.’n Yol
l live?”
Turning to
tils moth- j
c'.'w'il
I,. -t„.d
near by, the
little one i
; •*
••Wher
1 fi ve ”
e nn.ther
i-, there’s j
A
n-vehin
<1 ii an toll
dead in
u\lliVt
1, just til
ree minutia
before t lie
I a as to
take up a
colleciioe.,
eml>ers iu the huge fireplace, and then j most broadlv, and rubbing their with- ! inviting eyes, she approached the this way. My poor little baby!’ j belt any time between three and' six
lifting the lifeless farm lie brought 0Il .j 0 |,| hands very pleased-like j masher who made room tor her he* I and Mrs. Bohston flew out of the ; months
it in aud Ir.id it, oh! so carefully, on while Frank looked almost as balmy ‘‘de him. Her eyes beamed on him I room with the little innocent, who by , ' — <-l„., 1 iin<. ; .n,l w., iu,],.'A,!n,re -L"A—* rS-*^V.fc. v XraES,"”’W'*"r*
Three "chairs were ranged between l ,le hare floor. He paused uoiauiiux r aa «he liriifaffWi - ‘ ~ sfo -beauty only x-|ii«|cd nwtU Ufox Um* waa awfow ? r-**otlre.top-t>f-hief - - JJgiJ E YRift* ttratftUE
looked " >f • '"'t looking as unconcerned
her voice was sweeter tha
them, and three bright faces , - , . . ... • , , , . .. -
happy and contented. possible he went to the sitting room S0 „ KTH1XU ABOUT THE “LUCKY* lloit-E ll * 1 ‘ J ? r * a " he , D fhe . *° hi «-
Bobbin been ‘hitched up,’ and <1 "' ,r a:, -> C;l1 f) F ,ankl >;- ‘‘ Il ” SIHIE. h ? d .''l"' :,k t0 lm "i lln ' v *» uld
the old eoulpie l.ad really gone to the so tine out of doors Come lei s go she help it?
city, and found no difliculiy in gel- ! J’* 1 ® ®P rlll| 4 '’ rl "«4 s " n >® ,re ''> The horseslu.e, now all th
ling their three children.
It was said yesterday that Happy
Jack and Daniel O’Leary worked up . .
u nice little game ou the bookmakers ‘You know you sold me tics przz’e ; rebel c-unp. Next day McClel-
Saturday morning. Hart was sent the other day ?’ j Ian’s army advanced and took uh both
around with bis head tied up, rumors i ‘Yes, 1 guess we did.’ j >fo and then we shook hands and
were given out of dizziness, breaking j ‘Well, we hadn’t go*, a nih.- out; made it up; b it it was a mean trick
dowu, and exhaustion ; in tact, the J o’town ’fore dad and a neighbor p died \ rtf him. Don’t you think so.
boy was declared to be on his la -tjhuir over it. While I was doing up —
legs. Then bets were offered to the ' the chores <lad and ni nil culled each
lmokinakcrs that Hart would cover I other cheats. After su pper we had a
565 miles. The bookmakers hit, aud t regular three-cornered fight, aed the
were taken in to the tune ol $2,000. old man got his thumb unjointed and
Every bookmaker lost oa the race, ns went to bed. Mam and I sot up till
the favorite won. j -lie bit me with a st'/ek of wood, aud
O’Leary’s challenge to match a man then I went to bed. She sat up alone
till she got mud and drove tiie cat
out doors and up iet the lamp. Do
you hear?”
‘Yes.’
•Well, next murning I caught dad
.against Hart lias been withdrawn
Mr. Thomas Davis has put up $500 on
an uiikuown man to walk Hart for the
Johnny, the oldest, they took from
the home of rich people who had ta
ken him in as a servant. Hu was a
black haired buy of twelve years.
Gre -I brown eyes, and a delicate glow
on the dark checks, made h'.s face
pleasant to look upon.
In a little chair, her sunny, gray
azing thoughtfully into the fire.
‘Sir,’ she said, ami the music of her
an ornament, and affected by men nud vo ' c ® thrilled _the car. ‘Sir, is this
water.’’
Frankie name briskly out. but was wonieu alike, hMfoing tenwHishfareii ' * ual
stopped in the midst ol xvlustling a ' a token ot‘i»ood luck especially l»y • He looked up at the vmou of glow*
merry tune by Words which gaill , rs . Few sailors wouldstari on a j in S cheeks and laughing eyca, marble
burned themselves into the very core voyage in a ship on which the potency ,,ro "' an< l clustering curls, and he re
ef his warm heart. of'the horseshoe was not acknowi- lellU ' J - even tlie masher’s heart
e
still sat by the glowing fire wailing apicuous place as a sign of good luck
lor ‘the children,’ But, uh. me, they t) ;1 Western steamboats, not a deck-
little dreamed iliat the walls ol the ; band could be induced to engage liim-
o',d kitchen were looking grimly down SL .„ ou ft ste;im ,. r ft.at .lid not have a
song I voice. .
Oal Jerry went out and mus d as ■ 1 l hom , as McEli atli, of Marlboro. U.
he walked : ‘Ole man, vers ’haved ; J,^VmJM". ® r ., ?! U u d
yerself ni'ghty bad Hit must hab ' ~
been iiat pine top whiskey what
Hung yer. but ’fore de Lord dat
’oman will line out, eben ef she did
uster he my young missis. ' I .loan
kere how white a cliile is, he’s got to
hab der scald-head right along wid a
nigger. Deal’s lack-, an I believes
woman who bud been loathe to give
:t;
l‘,o'
■id tit like a night shil l.
al ,K ;‘ cider press .Tpb^'gpmie chargTandTrm.kie had l«>rtvd tli* torn, ol a pale woman.
Id get along all right | j^n found defianSy listening to .he But they were smiling, and talk ng
Wke, { harsh abuse of a hurjy tanner.
s huger smashed N ,„ „ 0 f kindred blood flowed
Halt an hour later the old people It must be kept at some con- warmed toward the lovely girl, the j I’ll take some moah ob dat pine top
n ..... c.. ,i... ..i„.. :.... ■ - latest victim of bis manly charms j whisky.’
‘OU, certainly net.’ he said atul hi- j ^ the NEW SPRING.
In* xv xv as a study ot jjrace tor the steam {
m .n. -Oh, certainly not : yon are en- It is moonlight on the hill. From
Itrc.y welcome; I shall be only <00 . lhe |rwfs , „ elllle ze phyr creeps
* , , , . . 1 to rob the hyacinth ot its perfumed
*1 hen,’ cried the charmed victim, breath, and adown the garden walk
. ‘Other you can sit here beside this | t |, e whippoorwill lends his moniitotie
gentleman.’ .! of sadness unto the balmy night—
And an old woman, seventy .three it; s , will, h.ood.ng wings, -Us ai-
she was a d .y, with no teeth and only ltut oVr tUc But i.ark ! it is
one eve, a small box, a big-band box | t | le tfok,mg guitar air.tn.ed by the
g->t hi- hand in. When
a aud had hi
"iged '''• Ml " ,d - through their veins ; but before they
1 sh'iuid ]>ut on laidjdown in their snow beds for the
id view this class, first night at tlie old farm, uncle K
in a pleasant way—trying in invent
means of escaping a delicate task.
Suddenly Frankie said delightedly:
no meant of recent origin. Ilor-e-l
amt con Hirers have been allies. To
find a whole hois-shoe in the road
by
He comes. Be-
... bag, a green reucu'c and an nm-I ,*™ e i' v ' August.,
that has been cast trots the animal and b, '® lkl * two W* r l>ags and :i piece ot t ) u . v i- e clad window ill tiie
still retain five of the nails in it, is calamus ro '<t. tottered into theiproffer- | obostly gloaming he pauses, and up
considereda reinatkable token of good «l seat and sat down aud piled _h‘-r | (lie flower tidied wall he shoots a
•If
piled her
‘I'll tell you brother John, let her )ucU . u„ t ,bo..bl anyone find a H'fog* inPvU.e young man’s lap. And nie | a ncholv tenor fraught with the
sleep in our room to-mgnt, an«l we’ll ; horseshoe with all the nails in it, lie Hie girl, the beautilu! girl, went and *- - -
,...t lie deceived in tiu-ir'ap- riah haTl'nmde them gla«l to "nromiae I s°nve UankMs out of the eh set, m:1 y consider himself endowed with -at down beside the pa-stnger with
•Well, no; I don’t think to consider themselves brothers and a "d m -* k * « i*U« l "> her .Id room, wonderlul [mwer-of magic. This con- the sandy goatee, who was so bashful
about a mile west of that village. He
is a farmer in fair circumstances, as
also a cultivator of berries. The strange
peculiarity of McE'.ralh is that lor
nearly twelve years he hud not slept a
wink. He tried everything to woo the
drowsy god, but all to no purpose.
Medicines of various kinds were una
vailing and he remaiued the wonder
for miles around. A few years ago
an account of this remarkable case was
published and was copied by newspa
pers throughout the land. McElrath
at that time offered a large sum ot
money to any person who would make
him sleep. He received offers and ad
vice through the mails from patent
medicine venders and leading physi
cians throughout tiie United States
they had a shindy. Then the over
seer of highways came along and
worked at it half a day, and he and
I got into a vow and he blacked, my
eye. We took, il to a 1 aim-raising
aud the crowd had an awful tight.
Griffin Sun.
There is no use in trying to disguise
tlie fact,—there is but two political
parlies in Georgia; one is the Demo
cratic party and the other is the Rad
ical party. There may be some men
who belong to neither one of these
organizations; but tlie idea of men
calling themselves Independent Dem
ocrats, when they work harder to
defeat the nominees of the Democratic
surd than the devil calling himself an
angel. It is like a sinner who has no
regard for the church or religion, ex
erting bimselt in every possible way
to defeat the cause of tho church and
the gospel, claiming to be a consistent
and worthy member of some erthor-
We took it to a dance, ami both fid- j c b.irch
dlers were almost killed. It has Iwen ! , xllere , s ' ng muoh cons i stency 5n the
one as the other; the good hook which
kicked over the house. Hung down
the well and jumped on in toe mid
dle of the road, and now I came in to
see if I couldn’t swap it tor some
thing els»... X guess it’s a sort of dan
der-raise r anyhow, and I guess, if you
don’t ca re very much, I’ll let youjtake
it hack and I’ll take a'lelephone in
place c.(it,!’
we hold is good authority, plainly
tenches that he that is not for yon is
against you, so every man that does
not belong to the Democratic party is
against that party, aud is tlie adro-
cate of some other political creed in
direct opposition to-democracy. The
so-called ‘Independent Democrats’
had as well hunt up and adopt acme
other name for they cannot fool the
MATURED WOMEN FOR WIVES.
Y out!) and beauty are always sure | people any longer under the disguise
ates , of a hearing; but some-writer comes j of Independent Democrats. It is too
iseo ; out with a few words of admiration thin; the people will not be deceived
lend llickenloop -r, of Ohio,
g- ;• of Ion-big the glory ol
a- Mr. I’etereveaux Zibri-
•hivera, of Minnesota, is in
lie.-.' arena.
hampions.
Ah ! that spring brought to them
never to be forgotten day*.
There were the jolly times* at the
The man who says advertising little log school bouse; then the mer-
-i. pay is the man who comes | ry fun hunting for hen nests, and
r-iiml in get his name in the paper : searching the woods around
« ii, i, he i_ives four hit- to an orphan. | kev eggs.
| in,,min”, Mr. Ilenpeck,’ said 1 fiver ever had finer pearclt, and
I printer in search of a female com- suckers ; and no fishers were ever
po-itor ; ‘Have you anv daughter* happier than the three fearless little
r at « Olid make good tvpe-seitei s ?’ | rustics who shouted and joked, and
■N,| .1,111 I have a wile who would j enjoyed themselves so ]*nfect]y; n*
make a fine devil.’ i mother was ever kinder, no father
. • \. r , ... ... i ever more pleased with mirth and
A notice in a Western newspaper ,.. ,
.,1 a steamboat explosion ends m fol- : c ‘ uW,9 '‘ •***. ?>?> "* Aunt Mar-
“The captain swam ashore. ; tha and uncle Kesiah.
S . did the chambermaid; she was in- 1 M iu ‘* ? m ? rvel . ol ln
-iradfor $15,060 and loaded with ! ‘ h “.
e a pallet in tier ,-!d room,
sister. Maud was to be the pride of\' OTm - B’li never do to break the
he. two new brothers, and they «e.v \ vA K to >.n->m:h.. s!,e .1 die oi
to iilwava shield her,and be her ready j°- ’, „ vi: q,r L ' lleve - -neu s n
. ;! .. word.” Ih
longer by a few demagogues who are
trying to ride into office by creating n
disturbance in the rank* of the parly,
and by crying out, ‘Rings! Irrespon-
insinuated that ho slumbered and was , •fortunate iu meeting and loving him. sible political tricksters,’ and such
not aware ot tlie fact. His family aud j At that age she seldom deceives. She ; other expressions and assertions as
not likely to ; are calculated to frighten and deceive
sentimental ex- I the honest unsuspecting citizen. The
. , . i i i i- i | A nomas nave.’ Fde tact that Mi-El- 2 p erience, bet such an experience at ■ time for such corruption is passed,
Uie Daunting echo imtl the low click- rAt i, r0 maiued in good health and' a ac!) an age is more than sentimental,' and tlie )ieople are getting their eyes
man was positive he could ‘fix him,* ; for maturer eliarins, :□ the following
but he didn’t. The long, weary nights, lar.guage: The man who meets and
passed on, month alter mouth, but- loves the woman of twenty-five is
McElrath slept not. Some persona xviilv fortunate, and she is equally
neiancnoiy tenor Iraught with the j neighbors s:it up night after night and may uot have—she is
assioiiat* inquiry Must I leave thee j watched, but ‘uot a wink of skwp did j Jtave then—uer first s
lore alone . No answer returns save , Thomas have.’ The fact that McEl- ji p erience, bet such an
1'iicii luruiug amusedly t„
the listening woman, he said: ‘Can
you clfoiba ladder, little Maud?’
Siie started at the old jiet name,
but said quickly: •‘Yes* IT e never
, torgoltcu tee valuable lessons in hid -
' ' dor-climbing vim and Johnnie gave
tor tuv- i . ,* - , i . .
me when the cherries used to get
ripe.”
of a knave. He professed to be aide
to work wonders, and was believed by
many people to possess certain | owelS
- , , , . , , .., Iu! conjecturing power. Getat was a
N ot long after, tne three stole softly shoemaker, and very poor, lor he was
round the Loose, and leaning a fang - u , wor u. all d foul a large
bidder upoii the western wall, Jon... tami|]r (>f children. He could heal
me’s tall, slim figure mounted «i> 5; t l, e sick, recover stob n articles, cure
then a window was raised, and he dls- ai-er.sea cattle, find underground
appeared. Next, verv cautiously and i s r rt , amA 0 f running water, make the
slowly, Maud mounted round alter t ,utter come for the dairy women and
round, a pair ot strong arms lilting ; driy( . off uituhea . A WO man churned
her into the room. Then Frankie a p, d,y 0V er a churning of cream, but
followed. A light was made, a lire ,] 1(J |, u t lt . r would not come. She sent
Kindled, and after the tw o kind broth- | for Ge „ t He lota , ier to get an old
ANOniER MACHINE.
When a writer commences ascii-
I once by saying, ‘It will be reinetn-
'• re,',' etc., he presumes. That which
i- not now remembered, has a right
to remain among the forgotten
meg*, though tliit gs may be brought
:•> mind by bringing the mind to
Hart, who won the last great walk- j
i-'g match, making the best time *n
record, is but little over twenty-one
veirs of age. He is ueitberlarge nor
-in dl, tall nor short, aud his hips and
• g- are only of moderate *«<•; hot
Id- style o| walking is almost perfect,
and his roomy chest is always held
'“•Il out. He is a colored man, a
1 "\er hv nrofosaion.
pyd the two old Methodist people to 1 , , , , , .. I : —s... .,. v . w S s>. ....
•et her learn to dance, they were not : er s a “d sous j horseshoe, heat il red hot and cast it
surprised, but ojiened their eyes wide
in disapproval, and endeavored to in-
still their notions into her young mind.
But, alas! for a school house two
miles away; alas! for two little girls
who admired Maud, and alas! for an
o|ien, grassy space, near the gurgling
(low of a brook behind that school
house.
Dinner lime would never tail to find
that level spot occupied by three little
girls, three little tin buckets, and
three pink situ bonnets—dashed ig-
noiiiiueoualy aside—while curls and
IS. rolhelotfon" of t h lre r gav 0l |iufa tn - M £ un ‘ ““ X ? ^ * nJ j quirod into the affair, and after pers
! M .!.m . r .^ C „ k ? Imra'T.ra’ I *»mag a number ol incantations iith
" “ a stick that he carried, and placing iiis
horseshoe in the fire and cooling it in
again, a fair white hand threw them
kisses, and the little window was
noiselessly closed.
They entered the sitting room gay-
ly, aud stating briskly at the tire said
they were amazing cold—bad taken a
long walk, and brought tlie bucket
back empty, for they took such a long
lime they were afraid iht-ir folks
would be uneasy if they waited to ge
to the spring too. Their good humor
brought unusually cheerful smiles to
the faces of the old folks, and wheu
the subject of Maud was introduced.
into the churn. Then, after cleansing
the chum with bailing water, he
guaranteed that the butter would
eomejat the next eflort. And more.
If the woman would inquire carefully
among her neighbors she would dis
cover that some one ot them (an ene
my) would have a severe burn on some
jiart of her body. There were plenty
of people who believed in this. An
other case. A willow lady living two
miles from Gerst had a sum ot money
stolen from her. Instead of giving
the matter into the hands ot the au»
the ‘boys’ were so very gay ever it, lhoriliee , a | le g en t for Gerst He ins
that Aunt Martha had to sigh and - --
T"
SHOULD COUSINS KISS?
unbar three of a series of prize
i<«>» i vomulgatcd by tlie Lon-
•"•u \VI,;hint'll Jleview is, “Should
a,1 -ult vv.usins, male and female, be
allowed to kiss* each other?" Someof
i he nt.swers received are as follows:
X <A because Jacob after having
' ; i-minted Esau, kissed his consul
Kiu-hel s* soon as he saw her, and
'heir ! are-ms approved.
Then they will care for it as liitle
: s grocers’ boys do for sugar.
$lc.iks|,eure says: ‘Kiss me, sweet
eo/.;’ and Tennyson says of bimselt
and hit cousin Amy: ‘And our spirits
u »hcd together at the touching ol
lips.’
Ill
As a lady fa concerned, it must be
considered a fair proeeding. If she
i- married it cannot be nniisa.
Brothers and aisteva kits, and their
ehildrcu should follow their exam-
p'e-
•One touch of nature makes the
whole world akin.’ A kisa being a
touch of nature, they should kiss to
make them still more akin.
Family affection ia a tender and
beautiful plant which cannot be too
carefully nurtured.
dancers. j could say good-night and depart.
As the years passed by, Maud be.. Then there was a boot-pullin-off at
came, by general consent, nay en- i t i, e i, ea o 0 f the stairs, and eat like
treaty, principal directress m ever* j fteps neared the bed clothes closet.
1 school exbibilfon, and every other en- There was much joking and smother-
' teriainment in the neighborhood in gj laughter, und a hasty retreat undei
which dancing, tableaux, or thcatvi- j war m blankets as Frankie let some of
cals were involved. The old folk- i tlie surplus -team out in a very audi-
shook their heads, and begged her to I i,l e burst of laughter,
be‘reasonable, oohn and Frankie j It wa* far into the‘wee sma’hours’
looked grave, and kindly remoustra j before they slept, and a* a couse-
ted;bnt she truthfully insisted that | q ueiC!the breakfast bell rang the next
she covhfnt help »t—it was born in . morning and they were in bud, or
her very sinews. . ; rather m jeiUet.
One autumn morning, just ns the j They were horrified to be awakened
sun rose from behind the blue hills,! by tlie sound of uncle Kcsiah’s heavy
he his first messenger beams i trcacl on the top stair* They were
into the Mastcrson kitchen as he had motionleas as he stumped unsiisjiect*
ingly along, aud opened the door to
their room.
’Boys,’ he called out, ‘it’s after sun
up and you in—’ then they listened
eagerly, tor he stopped with a fright
ened ‘oh! Lord,’ tuirly booming trout
hi* lip*. ’ *A cor—corset, as I’m alive,’
were the next words they heard, and
aa they atuffed the blankets into their
mouths, they heard tlie bewildered
old man creeping further into the
room. They imagined a wealth of
dark Drown hair lying on the snowy
pillow, and a fair young face pressed
wearily there. But they suddenly
came to tbuir senses a* they hoard
heavy feci trying to tread lightly, as
done ever since it was built; but
they found nothing tardy. Breakfast
was steaming on the white covered
table, and farmer-boys and the old
people were taking their seats. After
a few minutes of waiting the little
bell Iras again sounded, and all eyes
were fixed questhminglv on the d or.
Then Uncle Kesiah said rather im
patiently: '“Frankie gu up and tell
your water we are waiting on her.”
Frankie came beck, but bia face
was very pale, and he stopped in the
door, saying: “Shu's gone, father,
and here's a scrap ot paper for John
nie.” John sprang forward and
clutched tho tiny piece of paper. The
the spring, lie announced confidently
t lint on the morning ot the second day
thereafter the money would be found
nt a certain place. This conclusion of
the conjuror was widely circulated,
and on the morning indicated quite a
How common is the expressaion,-
“Oh ! she fa dowu in the dumps’'—
that is, out of spirits. This is a very
aucient slang phrase, and is supposed
to l>e derived from “Dumpos. King
ot Egypt, who built, aj pyramid and
died of melonuholy;’’ so that the
thieves aud gypies are net at all to
blame f. r having given us a few ex-
pres-ive words.
We next conic u|sin a word full ol
pathetic meaning for many of us; it
is the ghost that haunts and pursues
us more or less throughout the year—
it is the word “dun.’’ It is a word
of consequence, for it is at once a
verb and a noun, and ia derived from
the Saxon word “dunan.” to din or
clamor. It owes its immortality—so
tradition says—to having been the
surname of one Joe Dun, a famous
bailiff of Lincoln, in the reign of
Henry VII., who was so active and
dexterous in uollecling bad debts that
when any onu became “slow to pay,”
the neighbors use to say, “Dun him’’
that is, “send Dim after him.’’
•‘Draw it mild” and “Come it
strong,’’ hare their origin in music,
being the terms used by the leader of
an orchestra when he wished his vio
lin players to play loudly or gently.
From this they hare passed into syn
onyms for exaggerators and boasters,
who are requested either to moderate
their stateinen'a or to astonish their
audience.
The word “coach,’* in these days, fa
a familiar one, as parents know who
number of people assembled at tlie ! have to employ tutor- to assist their
widow’* house t* see the prediction ] sons to swallow the regulation amount
verified. The money was found at (of “cranfa’tiecc-sary tor competa'ive
the place indicated Theaolutiou was examination. The word fa of univer
sity origin, and can boast of .logical
etymology. It is a pun upon the
term, “getting on fast.” To get on
fast you must take a coach; you can
not gel on last in learning without a
private tutor—ergo, k private tutor .fa
that the thief, whoever lie was, be
lieved in Gi-rsl’a pretended power,
and returned the money out of fear.
The su|>crstilion that imparts such
virtues to the li-»rse«hoe gave birth the
prevailing idea that makes it the em
blem ot good luck.
Mias Emma Abbott, having been
told ot acme criticism upon die
warmth of her aqting in love scenes,
responded: “I detest the conveu-
t ; onal, stagey, stupid, love-making
seehes so often depicted by 'women
wlio never were in love and know
Another familar word in university
slang fa “a regular brick”—that b, a
jolly good follow; and how the simile
it logically deducted ia amusingly
enough. A brick fa deep-red, so u
deep-read naan fa a brick. To read
like a brick, fa to read until yon are
deep-road. A deep-read man fa, iu
uotbpig of the passion. I have be< n university phrase, “a good man;” a
in love, and know what I am act- good man fa a “jolly fellow” with
iog.” neo-reading men—*ergo a jolly fellow
■ fa a brick.”
The Empress of Russia is said to
be kept alive by morphine, diluted in
goat’e milk ana imall piece* ot raw
meat put into strong bouillon.
The Pullman car company have
contracted for black walnut lumber
amounting to $275,000.
clatter of a fallen guitar comes from
the ft out: a sound like the rush of
steeplechase nearing a hedge borne
back, and neck-aud-neck two figures
cross the picket fence and disappear
down the dim prospective "of the de-
serleti street.—Then the old man
ts bail as lie returns on the other
walk, ami removes in a discouraged
maiiuer a dark object from his foliat
ing mouth, while the animal retires to
his kennel in silence. The doer opens
aud shuts upon the white-robed form
But us lie gets in bed and shoves
the old lady’s feet out of the warm
place he mutters. ‘Bull is gettin’ old,
an’ serenades don’t pay di . blends like
they used to; but ii the business keeps
up I think you wifi be justified in
startin’ another patchwork quilt, Ma
ria. That lust fellow left real eari-
uter.’ ‘What sorter sample did you
get ?’ ‘Tolerable fair. There was a
long strip with a pistol pocket bangin’
to it, aud one gallus’ biitl’n.*
A JEWISH LEGEND.
John C. Whittier.
According to Jewish and Malioni-
raedan tradition, King Solomon, who
was wise beyond aft other men, knew
the language of animals, ami could
talk with the liea-ts of the field and
the fouls of the air. A Rabinical
story fa told of him, which fa in this
wise:
"One day the king roile ont of
Jerusalem with a great retinue. An
ant-hill lay directly in his path, and
Solomon heard iu little people talk
ing.
I )*‘IIoro comes the great king,” he
heard one ot them say. *Hfa flatter
ers call him wi>e, aqd just, aud mer
ciful, but he fa about to ride over us,
and n-ush us without bccdiiig our
suffering*.’»
Aud Solomon told the Queen of
She) a who rode with him, what the
ant said.
And the Queen made-answer: “He
is an insolent creature, oh, King! It
fa a better fate than lie deserves to he
bo trodden under our feel."
But Solomon said: “It ia the part
of wisdom to learn from the lowest
and the weakest.”
And lie commanded his train to
turn aside and spare the ant-hill.
Tlien all the courtiers marvelled
greatly, and the Queen of Sheba
bowed her head and inado obesiunce
to Solomon.
“Now know I the secret of thy
wisdom. Thou listeuest aa patiently
to the reproaches of the Immblo as to
tho flatteries of the great”
posit: v
vited investigation.
woman of Bloomington,
husband was a mechanical
hankering after a per*
machine, and her son
. , . , ... .. . , . ivas a live boy with a taste for hunting
. . . - l " Be. ilest.ny that her -vin- Tlu . w ,j ono d;iy a eteel , rap
wakefulness came to au ending a few patlne* and affections have >*"-•" “> the cellar ami went away to borrow
days since, when, tor the first tune in; served for a worthy object and a iarntd Tho woman went into the
over eleven years, he slept one long, f higher end. At twenty-five, .f ever, , |nr witll a rcqufaliiefa for rations,
delicious sleep, and awoke on the tol- if = * woman know sand esttniates herself, j ^ her searching gaze fellpf. the trap,
lowtog morn. ; :g refreshed and happy. fehu la less liable to emotional or men- . Qh j , slie 5-W -John Henry
Words were inadequate to express Ins j'tul mistakes, bbo is far surer of i i
feelings, both of surprise and plea
Since then he lias slept uatnrally <
night, and, to all present appears.; — «—- - — v - „ er
be will uolfack for tiie necessary afoopcj lovelier aud mot e lovable, broafler , ^ W itU hideous howls she
hereafter. McElrath was bom i.x tho j -and stronger than she has 1**“., climbe ,l the cdlar atair like a whirl-
noth of Ireland. He is a rigid JW but her wedded hauptness and powers j wind >nd wen t wailing through the
bytenau, and for many years an at-, ot endurance are, m a manner guar- | h and fle ,j inw waking
teudant ot the Manboro Prosbytoma j ranteed. t i, e cclioes with disconsolate shrickl
while the neighbors shouted fire and
thronged into her house and began'
pitching oat the turniture. Order once
more reigns in Bloomington, but that
woman has posted a placard on the
doors notifying all to whom these
presents may come greeting, that
hereafter it fa to ho all perpetual mo-,
tion machine or ah tat trap about that
bouse, she doesn’t caro a cent which,
hut she isn’t going to have the tbiiig
mixed any more.
church.
A BUSINESS MAN AND A BUSINESS BOY.
CIRCASSIAN STORY OF A HISSi.
i -Hi, sonny,’ said a keen looking
Chwubcr*’ Journal.. Ct icago 'business man, ‘what are you
A man was walking aluv.goiiu road looking for ?—Let m9 seo that letter.’
and a woman along another. The
roads finally united ' into one, and
reaching the point of junction at tho
same time, they walked on together.
The man was carrying a large iron
kettle on hia back; in one foimd be
held the leg of a live chicken; i ii the
other, a cane, and bo was leai ling a
goat. They neared a dark i a vine,
bald the woman: ’I am afraid to go
.through that ravine with you; it fa a
lonely place, and yon might ovv. rpow-
er mo and kiss me by force.’ Said
the man; ‘How can I nossibly over
power you and kiss you by force,
wheu I hare this great "iron lit tile on
my back, a cane in one band, a live
chicken in the other, and nm ’ ending
this gnu? I might as well 1 le tied
hand and toot.’ ’Yes,’ rej.fi ed the
woman. ‘But it you -hon) 1 stick
your caue in tho ground and ;ie your
goat to it, aud turn tho ket jo 'bol-
tmn-ide up and put tiie chick, ju under
it, then you might wickedly kiss me
in spite of my resi lama:.’ ‘bucee-s
to thy ingenuity. Oh wont an!’ said
No‘ I can’t let yon have the letter;
there’s bonds init.’
•Why I’ve been waiting for you this
half Iiov.r to bring me tnose bonds—I
thought of wliat’a his name ?’
U|»od this tlie taan took out a big
enveloye marked ‘J. Smith, Esq.,
present ;’ in the upper corner, *2,500
U. S. 6.20s.’ and in the lower corner,
•Cotne ission due, $5. Pleaso remit
by bearer.’
"‘Thlit’s all right, sonny,’said the
ko«M yvd business man, as be hauled
ont a. scantily furnished purse gave
the boy a five dollar bill auvl a quar
ter, and said: ‘There, sonny, that
quarter fa a revar-l for your clever
ness and fidelity.’ and ptlliing the en
velope in liis pocket he wulkod leisure
ly round the corner, and hailing a car,
was hurled away at a comparatively
lightning speed. Not till he had
reached Union Park did he draw the
precious envelope Irom his pocket and.
tear it open. Hu t hen fouud that the
envelope contained a copy pf the Chi-
ea"o' Times, which he could have
tlie rejoining man to himself. Tshould purchased at the office tor five cents,
never have thought of this • ir similar 'The fish is biting very numerously
ey came
expedient.’ And when th
to tlie ravine, he stuck his . auie into
the ground and tied the g- at to it,
gave the chicken to the wo. nan, say-
tog: ‘Hold it while I cut » acne grass
for the goat;* aud then—so ruaa tlie
legend—lowering the kettl a from bis
shoulder*, he put the fowl under it,
and wickedly kissed tho ' woman, aa
she was afraid he would.
’’file moulders in the 4 foal M‘«v-
ing Machine Work* at B joosac Falls,
N. Y., struck on »davifor an
advance of 2f> percent. They re-
a.itttud wo»k yesterday at. an advanco
of 14 pec cent: oJT-are J I jy the Co/n-
paoy-
to-day,’ said ‘souny.’ taking another
big envelope from his pocket.—San
Francitco Argonaut.
Mr. Alexander Deimnr, an expert,
estimates the cast of mining gold in
California, from 1848 to 1856 (in
value of capital and labor employed),
11182,285,750,000. Tlie mint value
of the actual product of gold for the
same period was only $450,000,000,
so that the product cost about five
times as nuui.i us its real value. Mr.
Delriaar estimates that the results
with' regard to' sjlver arc abont the
same, even taking into the account
the extraordinary productiveness of
theCotustock lode.
TOBACCO SEASONED WOMEN.
I shall not live to see it, but fifty
years will not elapse before smoking
ia jrermitied everywhere. Smoking
carriages will Lb no more needed’ on '
railroads than reading carriages. A
person, whether in a church or in n
law court or in a drawing rpom, will
no more ask permission to smoke tjian
to breathe. 'No otic iccusfdmed ' to
the use of tobaceo objects to it, foHit -
becomes imperceptible, i Every.: one; ■
consequently, ahouitf bring np , their
children in an a(mo*phert: o| tobacco
smoke, so as to accusiom them tp it
from their earliest 'Childhood. If I
were blessed with daughters I should
seek out an Irish nuwe for.them, mid
insist, upon her sgiojting every day in ,, .
tiie nursery a certain amount of the
strongest kind of tfibkcco from a short ‘
clay pfpe.- In after years my daugh
ter* would.not randier themselves ob- >
jecthuiable to t||^ pale sox in geneml,
and their father tn particular, by de-
daring that they cbuhl not endure the
odor of a cigar'or elgarcUe.—f.ondoh
Truth, l,. nn.t.-.Gl mlt ,-s •
Terrible vfengeance iff a husband
whose w ife hap gone off with n hand
somer ntanj “Dear; sir,” he writes, )
“please haiid tlie enclosed set of false /
teefh to my late wife, and ask her to t
be so good a*'to rat urn my father’s,
which in the linrry of tho moment she
took by mistake.”
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